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The calling of the brothers in today s Gospel evokes Elisha s commissioning by the prophet Elijah (see 1 Kings 19:19-21).
As Elijah comes upon Elisha working on his family s farm, so Jesus sees the brothers working by the seaside. And as Elisha left his mother and father to follow Elijah, so the brothers leave their father to come after Jesus.
Jesus promise to make them fishers of men evokes Israel s deepest hopes. The prophet Jeremiah announced a new exodus in which God would send many fishermen to restore the Israelites from exile, as once He brought them out of slavery in Egypt (see Jeremiah 16:14-16).
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